Work and labor in the digital age

• Other Authors: P. Vallas, Steven, (Editor), Kovalainen, Anne, (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019.
• Series: Research in the sociology of work ; v. 33.
• Subjects: Labor > Europe.; Labor > United States.; Work > Social aspects > Europe.; Work > Social aspects > United States.; Organizational effectiveness > Technological innovations.; Labor supply > Effect of technological innovations on.; Internet > Social aspects.; Social Science > Anthropology > Cultural & Social.; Sociology: work & labour.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781789735857 (e-book); 9781789735871 (ePUB)
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 198 pages) ; cm.
• Item Description: Includes index.
• ISSN: 0277-2833

This volume presents the most recent studies of work and labor in the digital age as it unfolds in both Europe and the United States.One of the critical questions facing modernity concerns the reconfiguration of paid employment, which has been subject to wholesale changes that have widespread consequences for workers, their families, and the institutional structure that characterizes capitalist societies. A key driver of these changes has been the digital revolution and the rapid proliferation of the gig economy. Together with social network sites for hiring, the spread of robotics, and the rise of artificial intelligence and machine learning, they leave virtually no occupation untouched.